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𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩! With the recent storms, spring melt and more rain coming this month, learning the basics of water management can help avoid costly repairs to the basement caused by moisture issues, water seepage and water infiltration.

Water management in the simplest form is diverting water away from the house foundation.

𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰:

1. Grading around the house - All homeowners have to regrade around their house at some point. This will require a permit to ensure minimum slopes and heights of certain elements are addressed. These requirements are in place so that people don’t divert water to adjacent properties or regrade improperly that doesn’t achieve the objective of water management.

2. Clean Eavestroughs - This is the easiest and simplest water management job outside the house and one that is overlooked the most often. Majority of the water issues in the house are caused by plugged eavestroughs that are not doing their job of channeling the water to downspouts. Clean your eavestrough at least twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall.

3. Extend Downspouts - Ensure your downspouts are extended at least 3ft. away from the house. Un-extended downspouts spill a large amount of water near the basement walls. This leads to highly saturated soil and some of the water saturating the soil will migrate towards the foundation walls and eventually find its way through the walls resulting in moisture issues in the basement.

Be sure to have a walk around your property today and see if these three steps are being taken care of!

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐒𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟎 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞!

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